Bearing



Feb. 4, 1930. R. H. WHITEQLEY BEARING Filed May 2, 192a days.

g/bearing. a o An object of my invention is to provide I e Another object is toprovide means for controlling the rate of feeding the lubricant to.-

Patented Feb. 4 1930 Rosina 1s; winrnnnir, be OAK PARK, ILLI L I QIsfASsIG NQRETO rIntsELF sTRUsr E" B RING Application filed May 2, 1923. Serial no; 274,405.

I My invention relates to bearings and per tainsmore particularly to the so-called oilless bearing. wherein onev of the bearing members is provided with recesses or pockets packed 33f" 5 with a graphite compoundor other solid or semi-solid lubricant prior to assem y of the o y bracket attached to such a machine 01? er f a new and improved bearing.

Another. object is to provide a self-lubriing pockets carry part'of the bearing load.

Another object is toprovoide a new and ."improvedjdesign of self lub'ricating bearing wherein a greater part of the'vcontacting' sursure per unit of bearingsurface. V

i 1 Another object is toprovide a new and improved self-lubricating 7 bearing affording better lubrication of the bearing surfaces.

Another object is to provide'a special shape of lubricant containing pocket providing im- 5 Y section at each side of its center, thu s-neces-' 'sarily provijding a wedge-shapedsurface ta- 75 v proved feedingof lubricant "to the bearing surfaces. r

the bearingsurfaces.

as the 'detailedd'escription of my invention proceeds. n

. In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate a preferred embodiment of my in vention, and wherein similar parts are desigthe'several views: t v g V F lgure 1 ma perspect ve VIGW Of my 1mproved bearing;

Figure 2 1s a horizontal section thereof; taken along the line 22- of Figure 1;

cesses; i v Figure 4 is a detail illustrating the shape. of the recesses; and V Figure 5 is a detail showing the recesses lubricant to the bearing surfaces. 1

cating bearing wherein the lubricant'containp s-"lubrican't containing recesses 11, preferably face may be devoted to lubricant containing pockets Without increasing thebearing pres- Further objects and advantages will appear i p bearin'g forms a wedge-shaped'portion taper- "I inginthe direction of rotationof the'shaft.

nated by like reference characters throughout Y of=,a wedging action which forces'lubricant" {between the rotatingshaft and the metal sur-; --fac -3oi:' the" bushing 10." This crowding and f -wedging"actionin theend 13 of'therecess V I v crowds and firmly packs the"semi-solid lubri- 7 Figure 3- is a vertical section taken substan tially along theline 3-3. of Figure 2 and illustratingdiagrammatically a tool forcutjting the lubricantcontaining pockets or re p I -iaff0rdsa' bett'er feeding of'the lubricant to 5.

' serrated to slightly retard the feeding ofthe 1 i r In the drawings have illustrated my in v'ention as'fa-pplied to that type of'beari ng I whereina'bushing 10,' of brass or other suitc able'material, receives the rotating shaft (not shown). The bushing 10may be carried di- 155 t r'ectly in thej'frame of the machine or by a supporting means tor in any other manner suitable underthe particular conditions of use of the bearing.- v v i V f; i? The bushing 10 is shownas-provided'with of rectangular cross-section and having :the'

' longestdimension of the rectangle extending Y 65* 12 (Figure-3) of'smaller diameter than the bearing surface. The recess' is ofgreatest depth -atitscenter and tapers upwardly ad-' "jacent each end, forming a wedge-shaped peredin the direction of rotation of "the shaft; This-isclearly' illustrated in Figure c'wherein the shaft is rotating in the direction of. the arrow "andthe 1 end 13 0f" the This new andimproved shape of lubricant containing recess causesthe' rotation of the shaft tocrowd the lubricant; into thetaper ing e nd"13 -of the recess and the creation cant into this end 13 of the recess and causes j the lubricant to support part of the shaft loa'digThe wedging and feeding action'of this'tapered construction of lubricant'po'cket the bearing surfaces, particularly when' thev Y bearing; is subjected to relatively high; pres sures per unit of area, thereby affording-a v construction which will wear-longer dueto the improved lubrication of themetal bear- 1 9 i fined solely to the metal contact surface of the bushlng.

In Figure 5 I have illustrated a modified form of lubricant containing pocket wherein the bottom 15 is serrated to slightly retard arrangement of the lubricant containing reelongated recess for lubricant, said recess tathe bearing.

the wedging of the lubricant into the end 13'. By varying the depth of these serrations it is possible to provide a bearinghaving sub- 7 stantially any desired rate of feed of lubricant to the metal bearing surfaces and also in which any desired proportion'of the total bearing load is carried by the lubricant coni taining pockets.

The lubricant containing pockets 11 are distributed over the inner surface of the bushing in any desired manner, but are preferably having their longest dimension extending in the direction of rotation of a movable part carried by sald bearing member, said recesses being arranged in series wherein the recesses of one series are staggered relative to the recesses of another series, and a filling of lubricating compound in said recesses:v

1 In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name this 28 day of April, 1928.

ROBERT E. WI-IITELEY.

arranged so as to evenly distribute the lubricant over the entire bearing surface. In the drawings I have illustrated a preferred cesses wherein the recesses are arranged in alternatefiand staggered crows extending.

lengthwise of the bearing. The recesses are of such width that every part of the length of the bearing has a lubricant containing recess except the narrow annuli at the ends of It is to be understoodthat my invention is not limited to the illustrated grouping of the lubricant containing pockets but that these pockets may be arranged in any desired manner. g 7 7 While I have described in detail'a preferred embodiment of my invention, it is to be un- 4 derstood that I am not limited to the details described therein but that the scope'of my invention is defined in the following claims.

I claim:

1. An article of manufacture comprising a self-lubricating bearing member having an pering in depth from a oint intermediate its ends toward the ends 0 said recess, and having its longest dimension extending substan tially in the direction of rotation of a movable part carried by said bearing member,

' said recess having a substantially'cylindrical surface formed on a radius of less'diam eter than the diameter of saidbearing member.

plurality of elongated recesses, having substantially cylindrical serrated surfaces, and

2. An article ofmanufacture comprising a self-lubricating bearing member havlng a 

